No.
I just checked the windows components on the golden image and DotNet3.5.1 does not have a tick but has a filled in blue square . Not sure if this means it is installed on the standard out of the box windows 7 pro install

no you dont need to install .net on the host
hmm
run this:
dism /image:c:\mb /add-driver /driver:g:\drivers\XXXXXX.inf /ForceUnsigned
or
dism /image:c:\mb /add-driver /driver:g:\drivers /recurse if you have multiple drivers.

dism /image:c:\mb /add-driver /driver:g:\drivers /recurse is what I am using and it fails on ,y wim file.

I tested the process I detailed above on a wim file I did not create. I used a setup.wim file that is the installer for windows 7 professional. This works fine using the above command lines.

This tells me one thing that there is something wrong with my wim file. I tried running the commands on my base (golden image) that has not been sysprepped with /generalize /oobe etc. I also tested it on the wim file I created from the golden image using the sysprep /generalize /oobe.

NEITHER OF MY WIM FILES WORK BUT THE ONE FROM THE WINDOWS SETUP DOES.

This means there is something wrong with my windows 7 image.

What have I missed that makes the wim shipped with windows 7 work with DISM and not mine.

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